I think waiting to criticize until Obama takes office is WAY premature.

[leftofthedial]

I think we should wait until his term(s) end! We can't really know how smart he is until after he's had 4 or 8 years to do stuff.

All of you Obama haters who criticize him before January of 2013 or January of 2017 as the case may be, are bad Democrats and premature naysayers with no ideas of your own.

[Trajan]

1. .

[BlooInBloo]

2. Teh stupid is still burning, I see.

[leftofthedial]

3. so is the ignorance

[leftstreet]

4. We shouldn't criticize him until he's been Raptured

[ZombieHorde]

43. Super funny!

[sandnsea]

5. Criticizing is one thing

Dragging out the stakes and gathering up the firewood is a bit much.

[leftofthedial]

7. when did the mob turn ugly?

I've read (and written) plenty of criticism (and I certainly don't see any improvement), but I haven't seen any angry mobs either.

[TheWraith]

9. Then you should open your freakin' eyes.

The arrogant foolishness of many DUers is starting to grate on me.

[leftofthedial]

11. Arrogant foolishness?

angry mobs, with stakes and pitchforks and torches?

My eyes are open and I see plenty of arrogant foolishness, but probably not in the same places as you.

I still don't see any angry mobs with stakes and torches though.

[sandnsea]

15. vomit and stale urine?

Some people think putting left in their user name fools everybody. It doesn't.

[leftofthedial]

sand in your name, on the other hand, does fool everyone.

[thewiseguy]

6. No, we should let history to judge the Obama presidency

[leftofthedial]

8. and we should just remain silent until then.

[PurityOfEssence]

20. We're allowed to twitch a little, though; aren't we?

I mean, nothing like a full wince or anything, and of course, VERY discreetly and only when it's of the more visceral sort of response that can't be dependably suppressed. That's cool, right?

[leftofthedial]

33. make sure no one is looking

or they'll call you names

[MadBadger]

10. Ahhh. Stupid Sarcasm.

Smells like shit.

[leftofthedial]

13. with maybe a twinge of vomit.

and perhaps stale urine.

[PVnRT]

34. Ahhhh. Stupid Post.

Smells like FAIL.

[Hippo_Tron]

12. Criticism and overreaction are two different things

Stating that Obama might have been wise to pick someone who is more qualified than Sanjay Gupta to be Surgeon General is criticism. Saying that it is a clear indicator that Obama is a sellout to big pharmaceutical companies is overreaction.

[leftofthedial]

14. He WAY should have picked Noah Wyle.

The only logical choice for TV celebrity turned whatever Gupta will be.

[Hippo_Tron]

17. Hugh Laurie would be my choice

[leftofthedial]

31. Or maybe one of the CSI people.

Or the ME from Law&Order

Any of them would be better than Gupta

[Captain Lance Bass]

16. Obama is what this country needs

His presidency will make the far right and left irrelevant.

Obama's centrism is the nail in the coffin for Rush Limbaugh and Mike Malloy.

Time for a man of the people and not of the fringe wacko's.

Next election the Far right will lose huge chunks of base to Obama and the Dem's will be purged of Code Pink and the other dreamers who thought Obama was going to be the start of the utopian revolution.

He will get 8 years and will unite the core of the country.

He is THE man!

[Occam Bandage]

18. History has already declared Obama's first term a failure. Here's hoping the second is better. nt

[cali]

19. wow. more moronic at DU. What a shock.

[leftofthedial]

36. cali, DU's own self-fulfilling prophecy

what a shock.

[reflection]

21. I disagree. That is why

I took the unusual step of criticizing Obama the moment he was born. You should have seen me. The little joker had the nerve to enter this world still tied to his mama. What a wuss. I really let him have it. It shamed the doctor so bad, he ended up cutting the connecting cord. :eyes:

[bunnies]

23. ...

:spray: You rock.

[leftofthedial]

37. he also chose a repuke doctor,

from what I understand.

[LanternWaste]

22. Without the benefit...

Without the benefit of divinely inspired prognostication, and the ability to read tea leaves so many DU'ers appear to enjoy from the comfort of their own homes, I'm left to wait until I see actual consequences before I can make any personal and biased judgments rather than engaging in any premature political ejaculations...

[reflection]

27. Premature Barackulation? n/t

[mmonk]

24. I think it is appropriate to express both concern and praise for various

picks including any criticism. The picks are happening and have been happening in the now.

[bigwillq]

25. It's ok to criticize.

If it's warranted.

[dionysus]

26. or.. obama bashing is just your lame-ass hobby...

:eyes:

[leftofthedial]

38. I can't afford the model trains anymore

[TZ]

28. Yeah. Criticism before any policy is implemented is always okay!

There's criticism and then there's calling names..Like comparing him to Bush before he's actually done anything. Every damn post that says "where's the change?" wins my award for stupidity.
Now that we've elected him lets make sure everyone knows just how much we hate him..:sarcasm:

And people wonder why the dem party is so screwed up.

[mmonk]

29. It's reasonable to question appointing people that oppose change to power.

One can do that without policy actions.

[leftofthedial]

41. bingo

status quo is, by definition, the absence of action.

[PVnRT]

35. Who's comparing him to Bush?

Every damn post that implies critics in the party should just shut the hell up wins my award for stupidity.

[leftofthedial]

40. BTW, where IS the change?

This is Clinton meets bush so far.

[Phoonzang]

30. God I hate this place sometimes..... nt

[leftofthedial]

39. sigh!

me too.

I think I'll go sip some tea and stroke my, er cat, maybe try again later.

[Jennicut]

32. He can be criticized at any time, this is America but some here are in doomsday mode already

I will at least give the man a few months to judge him. Bush has already messed up and its been 8 years, he was a screw up the entire time and we all knew it. What I want out of Obama most is transparency and competence and of course following an agenda more to the left then was previously done.

[leftofthedial]

42. I won't be in doomsday mode until

November of 2012 or so...

[davidpdx]

44. Well hell

Why don't we just start the impeachment hearings the minute after he takes office. For some I think it wouldn't be soon enough.

All this "Obama has disappointed me" crap is getting old. As someone else wisely pointed out, people are overreacting.

It makes me wonder if we ACTUALLY won an election two months ago.

[leftofthedial]

45. I wonder if Obama realizes he won an election two months ago.

[Armstead]

46. I almost flamed you.....Then I realized you left out the "sarcasm" thingy